Assume Your Inner Super Hero to Achieve Your Best Self

Do you hear it? That little voice constantly in your ear? Not your conscience, but your inner nag? Whose voice do you hear? For me, that inner nag is my grandmother, Bubba. (Yes, we call Bubba. We’re Texan.) And most often that inner nag, Bubba voice is repeating the same thing: “Stand up straight! Do you want people to respect you? Posture!”

“Her studies show that if you stand like a superhero privately before going into a stressful situation, there will actually be hormonal changes in your body chemistry that cause you to be more confident and in-command. ‘Before you go into the next stressful evaluative situation, for two minutes try doing this in the elevator, in a bathroom stall, at your desk, behind closed doors — that’s what you want to do,’ she said.”

Watch the clip (email subscribers, click through), and then my thoughts after the jump:

We communicate far more than we realize without ever saying a word. How we physically hold ourselves not only tells others what they should think about us, but it also tells us how we should think about our own selves. But this isn’t a “fake it ‘til you make it” approach.

In this clip from the weekday CBS This Morning show, Amy makes the several important points about posture relative to our own success (quoting):

The body leads the mind – what we do with our body shapes what we do with our minds. Posture makes us more assertive, if we open up, expand, and take up more space.

“Fake it till you become it’ means you fool yourself into being your best self.

Do you want to see the power of posture in action? Join us at WorkHuman 2016 (May 9-11, in Orlando, Florida) where Amy will join business guru Gary Hamel and happiness expert Shawn Achor, as keynote speakers. Amy had this to say about joining the WorkHuman movement:

“Our bodies change our minds, and our minds can change our behavior, and our behavior can change our outcomes. Embracing these truths at work can dramatically change how people present themselves and how they interact with and empower others. These are key ingredients to building a more human workplace, and I look forward to sharing this research at WorkHuman 2016.”

For more information or questions about the conference, click here or call toll-free at 844-975-4626 (844-WRKHMAN).

What does your posture say about you? Are you always your most confident self?